#dont mind the unanswered version

[fusion-ego]

7, 18 & 19 for the writer ask meme?

Tossing my answers under the cut because I got a little long-winded.... whoops..........

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

Honestly, I'd have to say my deepest joy is in creating things in general! When writing, what I take the most happiness from is the simple act of doing it at all, and of just... Making something that, yeah, maybe somebody else has made, but this one is mine, you know?

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

So this is one no one will have seen yet (aside from a couple of close friends who may have come across an early draft in a writing channel on discord), and I'm really happy to share this silly thing.

"Well hello Emperor Saggy Tits!" Sang the prince's best friend as he burst into his bed chambers like the untamed cretin he was.

The prince gave an overexaggerated, afronted gasp, sweeping his hair off his forehead in mock offense, "Such disrespect! I should have you executed for speaking to me in such a manner!"

His best friend flopped onto his bed, snorting as he bounced a bit on the plush surface, "You wish death would get rid of me."

The prince snorted as well, flopping next to him, "But no," He joked, "You'd just haunt me."

The backstory of this moment is simple as can be - an Imperial prince from an (at the time) unnamed empire and his common-born best friend are just... Being silly together. It's a peek into what their relationship is like - the sass, the levity, the trust.

Despite being the Crown Prince, the prince seeks no deference, or even the usual expected level of respect, from his friend, and they are on equal footing.

I don't recall exactly how this scene came to be, but I do know that originally it was going to take place within the main narrative of the story it's from, before later becoming a very brief flashback sequence that serves to, ah... Let's say "drive home how much things have changed".

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

So I probably say something similar every single time someone asks me when I started writing, but that's because it's the truth: I genuinely do not remember when I started, because I've been telling myself stories for as long as I can remember, and the only thing that changed was that one day I started writing them down instead of speaking them. I can't remember a time when I didn't write!

I'd say I probably started because, I'll be honest, I wasn't exactly well--liked among my peers. I was ahead of the curve in intelligence and missed out on a lot of social learning opportunities because I scored too high in basic education tests to go into preschool or pre-k in my city, so I was weird and not well-socialized and didn't have many friends. Telling myself stories was just what I did to keep myself entertained, I guess, and writing them down was just how I kept them around to tell myself again later.

Have there been bumps along the way? Oh, for sure. I'm in a bit of a rut right now, as it happens, but the thing about hitting bumps in the road is that sometimes they're potholes and sometimes they're speed bumps - sometimes I stumble for no reason, but sometimes it's my brain (and my writing ability) telling me to slow my roll and take a chill pill. And bumps aren't a bad thing! Every bump I've hit has ultimately been to my benefit, in the end.

Where I am right now is... Well, a rut, but I'm trying some new things out and trying not to be so hard on myself, so it might be slow-going but I am steadily finding my way out. As for where I'm going... Well, if all goes well, 'forward' will be good enough for me. As long as I'm still writing, and still enjoying it, then that's all that matters.

[the-kipsabian]

just throwing together some misc alan wake 2 thoughts now that ive slept and had coffee after finishing the game. mostly talking end game, obviously spoilers

alice. alice intrigues me so much. that final stinger is incredible, for multiple reasons. that reveal following the series of photos of her seemingly killing herself is just.. yeah. i think that was not only her way of trying to getting back to alan, who she knew was trapped in the dark place at the bottom of the lake, but it was also to throw scratch off, to think that he won by tormenting her to her death. theres no light flickers in the background of that final video. she is free of scratch, but still clearly safe. maybe back in the dark place, but tbh im not sure if she ever actually escaped it in the first place. shes going to leave the place with alan. she has to, because they are each others rocks. they sink or swim together (it would also explain why she was able to contact saga while she was in the dark place)

speaking of saga, her mind place version of the dark place was just *chefs kiss*. it was an incredible, worked really well to demonstrate not only the power the dark place has on people, but also what kind of a character she really is. strong and independent, but so good to those around her. i really wish we got deeper into her friend and partnership with casey tbh, after hearing about his divorce (which, btw, loved the extremely casual drop about him and estevez just "bonding over their ex wives". amazing job remedy) and especially seeing the birthday photo in the mind place just. my heart. i really wish we got more casey in general, but i guess him being included in the story beats and echo visions as a hardboiled detective just needs to be enough. for now i say knowing full well im gonna dive super deep into fanfics when my brain fog lifts a little ough

my one big question was door. and maybe tim to that extent, considering the last page we read and we never fully got an explanation about doors involvement (im hoping ng+ explains this further?) but it refers to tim as his "unwilling disciple" - obviously tim was moved to the dark place against his will, but at the same time, why exactly and what is he doing? hes been trying to get out, to figure it out, he has a whole whiteboard of theories and yet. it all leads to door. and idk maybe i missed it somehow, but i never fully made that connection as to why and what doors game here is. which leaves me with questions for the next game/sequel/dlc. intriguing, but throwing that in last minute just felt kinda. idk remedy dont do this to me lmao

one thing im admittedly a bit disappointed about was them choosing to sacrifice alan for the ending. i mean i get it, at the point where we think alice is dead and saga makes it very clear that neither casey nor logan can be hurt and that they are both the heroes of the story, theres not much options left. like alan said, the horror story needs a victim. but also idk, i wish we could. have had a choice? multiple endings?? which i guess ng+ teased but we'll see. also it being left unanswered whether we were free from the darkness now or not, which i understand was intentional but idk im still a bit miffed about that one lol. logan not answering the phone. however saga did have a wedding ring on her finger (i did not observe this detail before so idk if it was just always there but it felt very significant in this scene as they didnt show her being lefthanded before so) which makes me think everything did get fixed, considering how badly david hated her during points in the story, so why would she still wear her wedding ring after all those years after what happened if this wasnt the good reality again. just saying

ALSO IM JUST SO GLAD CASEY IS ALIVE. STUPID BASTARD MAN I LOVE HIM SO

"its not a loop, its a spiral" has interesting implications, but i miss "its not a lake, its an ocean" tbh. i feel like that ending revelation held more power to it than this one, it just feels like a rehash for the sake of copying the original. like i get what they mean about this one (its not a constant changing loop, its a developing story moving forward that keeps expanding as it goes even tho it feels like its going in circles), but just as a saying it doesnt stand up to the original. thats all

the way, even if they are sharing a skin, alan and scratch are two different characters (im excluding zane from this equation for reasons as i dont think he was real [im fairly convinced it was scratch playing games with alan just pretending to be zane], but i wanna give special props to ilkka villi for his portrayal. immaculate job) and are written that way. the way they talk, the lines they have, there is a significant difference when you pay attention to it - i think its partially alans way of trying to dodge the blame and put it all on scratch, whereas scratch doesnt do that for himself, hes just trying to play into the emotional manipulation angle with the constant rush instead to get what he wants and to get people on his side and to trust him. which is a really good take, considering that hes using all common scammer tactics to try to fool people into giving him what he wants (also just god the transformation scene when this is revealed? permanently tattooed in my brain that was so goddamn good)

its also a very interesting take that the cult is actually the good guys. i also just love ilmos explanation for it; "what kind of a cult calls themselves a cult" like. yeah. yeah man you got a point there. but that being just a cover and a scare tactic to keep people safe? love that shit that was good (kinda high key mad we didnt get more of them after that. only that one last sad tv commercial, would have loved to give them a good ending too)

also the parallel of alan waking up from getting shot to the head vs earlier zane doing to same thing at the second meeting in the hotel. i havent stopped thinking about it tbh

just. a few thoughts. all in all idk i felt like the ending was missing something tbh. maybe i just missed something, but it feels like it was more of a setup for something in the future with everything than an ending to a full game and a sequel 13 years after the original. i have too many questions left, more than i entered into this mess with. that being said, absolutely loved the game itself, the story is insane and incredible, this has once again rewired the way my brain thinks about stories (plot board my beloved......), theres so much underneath the surface of a survival horror game that cant be explained, it needs to be experienced. there are sequences here that im unable to convey in words and feelings, you need to see them for yourself ("we sing" and the movie theater. iykyk)

just in general that cliffhanger like. why you do me like this remedy. why. i cant wait for 13 years for another sequel. goddamn

the ending tho, im. i dont know. in the first game we knew things were still kinda wrong, but it showed that everyone outside of alan seemingly got out of the things unscathed for the most part (i mean we lost nightingale, rose went kinda loopy, there were signs that not everything and everyone was right but for the most part the town and people in it were safe), but here we dont see any of it. the happy deerfest is nothing but scratch's illusion. so idk if im meant to believe that shooting alan was the fix and everything went back to normal, like normal normal before this man was pulled into the lake, or since he was still seemingly alive after that, are we still living in the happy deerfest illusion forever while the darkness spreads to the land outside of it? i have so many questions and this ending didnt answer a lot of them tbh lmao

theres so much here i cant fit here my brains still very rattled from all of this and i keep getting more questions the longer i think about it so im gonna leave it here. i'll probably see you later with more when ng+ and/or dlc releases, as hopefully those will explain more

10/10, absolutely my game of the year ngl

..one thing to leave you with. fuck the boss fights in this game lmao

[skyward-floored]

what are all your wips? not asking to post the excerpts themselves but like. what fics are you working on / plan to do? if you dont mind sharing your secret plans…… :)

I don’t mind at all! I love talking about my fics/wips, thanks for asking!!!

Prepare yourself for a BIG LIST of fics, some of which that have been half-published, and also some that haven’t yet seen the light of day :)

The Twilight Turns — true form au! Midna gets her true form back WAY earlier than in canon, and this leads to both her and Link catching quite a few feelings. The next chapter is sort of on pause until I get around to playing the part I’m at in-game.

Royal Castletown Wedding — a fic that started as a joke post, I stole the plot of a my little pony episode and lu-ified it. If you think it is just fluffy silliness than you are wrong. I’ve hit the climax, and there’s only a few chapters left of this one!

Brethren in a Cradle — *gently holds* my very special multichap fic I haven’t updated in months (I’M SORRY) about Wild, as well as the rest of the chain, stumbling across a baby and having no other options, take him with them. Warriors had snuck his way into the focus as well. The next chapter IS being worked on, just verrrry slowly. This fic means a lot to me and I’m NOT giving up on it.

Up in Arms — Warriors loses an arm during the war, and struggles immensely with coming to terms with it. Fortunately he ends up with 8 other heroes who are more than willing to help. First chapter of this is up, the second and third (fourth?) chapters are in progress.

The Many Courses of Love — a fic exploring all the different relationships of the Links after their adventures, a chapter per game. This one isn’t lu, (it’s actually connected to my own Link’s meet thing) but I’m very attached to it. Next couple chapters are being worked on, but aren’t very close to finished XD

Unnamed Time & Legend fic — angst/whump/hurt/comfort o-rama. This one is a continuation of a whumptober I wrote in 2021, but it can honestly stand on its own. Everyone, especially Time and Legend, has a Bad Time. A specific secret is also revealed. Planning on finishing this one entirely and releasing the couple chapters it has on a schedule.

Unnamed breath of the wild aftermath/Dark Link fic — a multichap I’ve had cooking for years, after the events of botw the Yiga decide revenge is due, and steal some of Link’s blood to make a copy of him to kill him. Except they don’t account for Zelda’s magic accidentally getting mixed up in there, and they make... a pretty sweet guy who has no clue what’s going on. The first chapter of this is done actually, but I don’t want to post it because the rest is... nowhere near done in any way XD

Incredibles au main story — the entire dang movie as an lu fic, I’m chipping away at it when I can! Not ready to be published yet, but I’m working on it :)

Incredibles au Hyrule backstory — this one is close to being done, it’s about how Hyrule ended up with the rest of the boys

Unnamed Warriors and Hyrule fic — the traveler and captain couldn’t be more unalike, but it turns out they’re connected by much more than they previously thought. This one is on the back burner, but I work on it occasionally. Thinkin it’ll be one of those 5 + 1 fics the kids do.

Unnamed Warriors and Mask/Time fic — traitor angst babeyyyyy! I’m stuck on this one, don’t know when it’ll be done.

Fic for Tellie — (yes that’s the working title) set in her palace au, it’s almost done :)

Courage of Ages — aaauuuggghh my own Link’s meet au thing, it’s been on the back burner as well, but I love it so and love questions about it. It’ll be publishable someday...

Tri Force Heroes oneshot collection — a bunch of oneshots about Tri force heroes, plus post-game backstory stuff with my versions of these guys :)

Assorted requests sitting in my inbox from ages ago — *sweating* ages ago I asked for some fic ideas, several of which are... still sitting in my inbox, unanswered. I’ve barely worked on them, but I’ll do them eventually!

There’s a few more not on this list, but they’re either self-indulgent things I’ll never publish, ideas that are barely formed or I haven’t started writing as of yet, or fics I started but didn’t continue and haven’t touched in months.

Anyways whew, I think that’s it! I’m always willing to answer questions about all of these, so don’t be shy!

[wickedyan]

If you're willing to take a second one from me: Rire of Boyfriend to Death discovers Tinder, gives someone who really regrets their whole life some good (good for him anyway, not so good for them) old fashioned tentacle sex?

Ok so I know you only wanted sex but Rire is My Mans and I couldn’t not write just a little more than just a PWP.

I took creative license with this, because we don’t really know all of Rire’s abilities… ;) Also, I decided to make this smut more about the unreal aspect of it, rather than focus totally on reader’s pleasure. Maybe I’ll make a part one similar to the night in heaven you spend with Rire in the beginning of his route? (Of course, you would be taking off his sunglasses…)

Rire belongs to @darqx

Character: Rire, Boyfriend to Death

Warnings: Manipulation, Nsfw, Tentacles, Mind Control.

Read on Ao3 here

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The first thing you noticed when your Tinder date sat down across from you was that he did not lie about his appearance.

He slid into his chair seamlessly, fluffy raven hair bouncing as his pony tail rested over his shoulder. He kept his sunglasses on, adjusting his cravat with long fingers. His voice was deep and sultry as he addressed you by name, a pale hand reaching across the table to take your own, shaking it once, gently.

He was nothing short of a gentleman. He spoke to you with such a kind and gently demeanour, teasing you with only the most pure intentions. Somehow guessing what you had in mind for your meal, he ordered for you. He ate with his mouth closed, pausing his meal to answer your queries about his life, albeit vaguely. He refused to let you take the check, and finally settled on splitting it with you after deciding that he couldn’t win against that stubborn attitude of yours. When you left the restaurant, he shouldered the door open for you, quick to fall in stride next to you, holding out his harm for you to grip onto.

He offered to call an Uber for you, you politely agreed. He waited beside you, glaring at anyone who dared lay their eyes on you. It made you feel warm, to be looked after.

He bid you farewell as you stepped inside of the car, pecking your hand with such warmth that had you feeling a chaste version of euphoria, mind seeming to ignore the too-sharp teeth that peaked through his grin, or the yellow glow that surrounded his glasses.

That giddy grin didn’t leave your face for the rest of the night. Not as you changed into your night clothes. Not as you washed your face and brushed your teeth. Not even as you scrolled through your favourite social media.

Your mind was plagued with thoughts of the mysterious man as you lie in bed, attempting to put your mind to rest for the night. Rire, you recalled his name to be.

What an odd name. Though, you wouldn’t say that he was the most normal person you’ve met. He was oddly dismissive of your questions about his job and social life.

Perhaps he was just shy?

It was no matter. You were sure you’d be able to meet up with him again for another date…

Your teeth tugged at your lip, hands moulding together anxiously. He was so handsome, and he wanted to date YOU! It was like a fairytale. Him, the mysterious prince. You, the pauper who was lucky enough to catch his attention. It brought a flush to your cheeks, cool hands smoothing over the redness. You let out a whine of embarrassment.

Rolling over in your bed, you gazed at the faint light that your alarm clock let out, it was late… squeezing your eyes closed, you fell into a deep slumber.

-

“So good for me…”

The voice was deep, predatory. It resonated deeply throughout your body, but you couldn’t tell what direction it came from.

Dark hallways surrounded you, hallways lit from the minimal lit that came from a flickering industrial light above you.

“Hello? Who’s there?” you called out, listening to your voice echo down the hallways. You didn’t receive an answer. A cool breeze had you shivering, wishing you were wearing more than a sheer nightgown… The floor was a grey concrete, it didn’t feel slimy, as you assumed it would feel. Mould and dark spots covered the walls, spiderwebs without their makers and a distant dripping sound that you just couldn’t seem to locate.

You tiptoed through one of the hallways, eyes flicking from side to side, eyeing every dark corner, anything that seemed to move.

Keen eyes landed on a dark, goopy substance, pooled on the hard ground. Kneeling down, you slowly dipped a finger into the fluid. It was smooth and slimy, dark as it clung to your finger. You brought it to your face, eyeing it carefully, before sniffing it. A familiar scent, one you couldn’t quite place.

You moved to step over the pool, to continue down the long, endless corridor, but something stopped you. Head snapping down to your feet, you watched long, snake-like tendrils that rose from the pool, constricting around your ankles.

You struggled, breathing heavy and heart beating rapidly. Choking on your own saliva as the tendrils began sliding their way up your legs, peaking under your dress and leaving goosebumps in their wake. The tentacles were long and slimy, the dark goop clinging to the tendrils, not transfering onto your untouched skin.

That same deep voice, disembodied and far-away, “You like this… dont you?”

It was as though his words ignited something firey inside of you. Heat travelled up your thighs and through the pit of your stomach, your muscles tensing as fear shot through you. Sweat beaded on the back of your neck, hair damp as it clung to your skin, the dry patches swaying with every heaved breath.

Your eyes shifted quickly, searching for something, begging and pleading to see something that would answer the hundreds of questions that were flowing through your mind.

Where were you?

Was this a dream? Some sort of sick fantasy?

All were left unanswered as the tip of a slimmer tendril slid into your panting mouth. Muffled shouts left your mouth but they all were for not, as no one answered your pleas for mercy. 

“Stop struggling, pet. You love this… you love it.”

Your writhing slowed to a stop and your pain turned to pleasure. You breathed through your nose whenever the appendage inside your mouth gave you room. Thighs relaxing, soft tentacles rubbing at the innermost part of your thighs,   allowing them to curl up under your panties and into your heat.

The voice asked you to repeat its words, its tone was nothing but amused and patronising.

“You love this.”

“I love this.”

“I’m all you need and more.”

“Yo-you’re all I need and more…”

“Now… give yourself to me.”

“I am yours… I am yours!” you screamed as you climaxed, voice ruined and croaky from use.

The voice chuckled, receeding into the distance as the only sound left was the squelchy sound of the appendages that filled you all pulled out, leaving you empty and spent. Your limbs felt heavy and it was near impossible to keep your eyes opened. So, you shut them, the tendrils lowering you to the cold, concrete flooring. You leant over, trying to find where your panties had been put but you missed your destination, the floor sounding a solid smack as your head collided with it. 

With a flinch, you sat up in your bed, panting as you surveyed your surroundings. Your eyes adjusted to the low light very slowly, but all seemed well in your room.

You were in your room, and the mattress beneath you was soaked in your own sweat. Standing, you stripped out of your nightgown and stepped into the shower to rinse off what was left of the sweat.

What a dream.

[bladekindeyewear]

Boots reads Homestuck Epilogue(s) Part 5 - Meat Page 7

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Okay, time for Rose and Dirk to talk delicious politics or something.

Heh, customary show-end riots.

Rose, stop causing all of us undue alarm.

Ascending? Is she going to fade out into a concept or something???

Oh shit, Dirk’s doing something similar.  Some sort of inevitability once God-Tier is reached or some such.

Dirk has a solution to the problem in the works.  That’s... well, Rose already cautioned that that could be ominous.  I hope it doesn’t involve decapitation.  Or robot bodies, or turning her into an omniscient cueball or something.

==>

Okay, stage play time.  I can see a weird-seeming text color choice for Caliborn down below, hm.  Time to read down to there...

Ah, the classic finale-callback thumbs down.  Nice.

...yeah, reinforcing the point he was trying to make a little less explicitly with his earlier finale of Homestuck that Lord English had really just, sort of, trapped them in this narrative that their ultimate reward would be to escape, realizing it never really mattered too much compared to their own long lives and happiness or something.

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Epilogue TWO??????  D:

Okay now it’s, like, Andrew commenting isn’t it.

Oh shit, it DOES suck them up and trap them? Huh. That explains how Jade was dealt with, I’d forgotten. Also because it was one of the huge goddamn unanswered fucking hugepoints that made it seem like a slap in the face when we were told it didn’t matter and-- yeah okay let me just keep reading.

Huh, broken glasses.

And, phew; the ages it takes is from an OUTSIDE perspective.  Let’s see what it is from an inside perspective...

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Jaaaane!!! :D

Okay let’s read about Janey.

Mhmm, that’s not that surprising... Dirk knew that Karkat was going to run against Jane, but Jane didn’t, even though Dirk was ostensibly “working” for her.  There’s definitely a plan here.  Maybe it involves Jane and Karkat smooching publicly at the end.  ...No, that’s just my wishful imagination talking, isn’t it.

Oh my god she’s screaming into a pillow at hearing she has competition.  That’s adorable.

YES, JANE.  UNDERESTIMATE KARKAT.  YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE (though probably platonically).  It does upset me that they’ve taken this long to really get acquainted, though; I’ve argued for years that their personalities are naturally compatible as the straight men for all their friends’ bullshit.

In fact, Jane is pretty sure that Karkat Vantas would probably literally burst into flame if too many people happened to look at him at the same time, like a vampire walking out into the sun.

Yes, but he’d get over it.  And be a flaming president or something.

In fact, Jane cannot remember a single conversation she’s ever had with him that wasn’t about the economy. She thinks back to one time at John’s eighteenth birthday when Dave engaged her in a rigorous and rather one-sided debate about deregulation and the failure of “neoliberal austerity measures” until Karkat had to come over and put his hands over his roommate’s mouth to make him stop talking.

Oh my FUCKING god, it’s true.  Dave’s appropriately liberal in the modern, Krugman-esque, statistically grounded way.  Karkat has my vote already.

She’d be happy to accept a graceful, temporary defeat and let Karkat play president for a couple of years. After all, unlike her, he was not immortal.

Hey fuck you.  Also, why the FUCK haven’t they used one of the myriad likely ways to extend Karkat’s lifespan basically indefinitely yet???  Heck, JANE could probably do it with Life powers if she crawled back out of her own butt!  We already know the Condesce could extend other trolls’ lifespans with weird troll powers so Life powers are almost certainly enough to suffice.  >:(

Ohhh, so maybe Jane is just, like... slightly traumatized by trolls? And thus a little tiny bit predisposed against trusting them cause of the Condesce? :(

Interesting how she views her past reliance on / pursuance of Jake as something that made her “weak” specifically.

Okay, I’m getting a slightly uncomfortable vibe that Jane is willing to almost play at seduction with Jake falsely to get his endorsement on--

And she’s willing to do more than that, too.

Okay FUCK, JANE.  GET YOURSELF UNDER CONTROL.  I’m starting to believe the shittalking the others have given about you!  You’d better shape up by the end of this epilogue or what have you.

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Okay, trapped John can hear the other three through the walls of their prison or something.

Conversation and musings, conversation and musings.....

Wait, Jade LIVES with Dave and Karkat in that SAME HOUSE and they didn’t even mention it??!??  What is even up with their thing.

Heh, John’s thinking he really could have used a nice kismesis riling him up to better himself.  That’s what they’re for, really.

There there, John.

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Oh my fucking GOD, Jane rolls with supply side economics???  TAKE.  HER.  DOWN.

And Jade is just... here?  Huh.

Yeah they DEFS weren’t listening.

JADE: especially when JADE: there are much better things we could all be doing with our mouths.....

HOLY SHIT.  HOLY SHIT.  JADE IS SO INTO EITHER OF THEM THAT THEY CAN’T TAKE IT, CAN THEY.  THAT’S FUCKING AMAZING OH MY GOD

Her tail swishes from side to side

SINCE WHEN DOES SHE HAVE A FUCKING TAIL HOW IS THAT SUDDENLY CANON

I’M NOT MAD IM JUST SURPRISED

Wasn’t that something that the ask-responses from Andrew said she canonically DIDN’T have or what the fuck

Since I guess it wasn’t confirmed IN CANON he just decided he liked it enough to offer it here or???? I DON’T KNOW????

Wow why am I all worked up by this all of a sudden.  It’s just transferring from her earlier line isn’t it.

three of her bras

Okay no nevermind Andrew’s just fucking with us.

...Even though this can probably still be considered canon.  Which only makes how he’s fucking with us work even better, really.  I mean, why WOULDN’T he lob this at us on the ten year anniversary and watch us squirm, really.  There’s no incentive not to.

--oh wait wait never mind reading further these are just bras from different days she threw over the couch.  PHEW.  I thought for a second that we were dealing with dog anatomy stuff that would REQUIRE multiple bras on her.  Jesus.  I wonder if Andrew intentionally phrased things so some people would think that for a minute.

JADE: also you know trolls dont actually have two dicks dave thats an offensive stereotype

Pffffff

Wait, is it that Dave and Karkat’s relationship isn’t quite full-hearts sexual and Jade is incessantly shipping them?? :O

because that’d be hilarious too??  --*reads*

YESSSS JADE BEING SUPER STAT WHIZ WITH HER SUPER PARTOMNIDOG SPACE BRAIN YES

The thing about Jade Harley is that she’s not as good at personal things as she is at other things. Like science, or mastering fraymotifs, or kissing, the last of which she has definitely put a lot of levels into over the past few years because, well, what else are you supposed to do with immortal godhood once you hit the age where the dog hormones start kicking into overdrive? 

f uck

dog hormones

i’m wheezing

Alright, Jade’s springing a thorough relationship talk on them.  That’s cool.  Also she’s throwing statistics in there and I LOVE that now that Jade is older we’re reinforcing just how scary science smart she is, I can’t wait to see other people roleplaying her properly because of it too.

...Yeah Jade would definitely date a chess couple

Jade sighs and crawls closer. She takes one of Karkat’s hands in hers.

JADE: i think wed all work good together

AAAAAAAA :D :D :D

JADE: and i think weve been dancing around that for years now JADE: i wanna try dating for real KARKAT: HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED KARKAT: SORRY IF WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY TOTALLY BLOWS YOUR MIND KARKAT: DATING A SINGLE PERSON, FOR MORE THAN HALF A SWEEP, FOR REASONS OTHER THAN INITIATING THE CONCUPISCENT EXCHANGE OF FLUIDS?

PFFFFFFFFFFFFF OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS PERFECT

Jade being

literally the thirstiest person in this ENTIRE CAST OF CHARACTERS

to the point that everyone’s calling her out on it

in something that’s virtually goddamn canon

holy fucking shit I love everything.  I love life.  Living in a universe where this hilarious shit happens is fun.

....pFFFF JADE DIDN’T KNOW OBAMA WAS REAL THIS IS AMAZING

Ooh, dueling god-tier powers for petty reasons.

OH NO DICK DRAWINGS ARE LIKELY IMMINENT

THAT OR A CHART

OR BOTH

...yeah her hair would get everywhere, wouldn’t it.

yes make fun of ship names some more

What Jade leaves in her wake is not quite the emotional scorched-earth situation that she was going for, but a few of her needles have definitely gotten under some skin. Dave and Karkat both stare after her, silently caught in their own private rationalization spirals.

So this whole time Jade’s been all “JUST KISS ALREADY” and they’ve been all “what no” and now she’s just laid it all out in the open and left them to it.  Yeah that sounds about like what would’ve happened.

Aaaand of course, since this is Dave and Karkat, they just choose to stall some more and play video games.  Jade really DOES complete this relationship with her pushing them to accept reality and stop downplaying their own feelings and self-esteem and all.  But that’s what I thought would happen BEFORE I even read any epilogue stuff so I’m biased.

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Pff, Vriska time.

You’ve now got two bitches of either gender at your side

Vriska, shame!  Don’t use that kind of language!!

Yep, this version of her didn’t learn her lesson and is still pretty much completely delusional.

Alright, Real Terezi™ is still flying out in the abyss trying to scoop Vriska out of this jam, cool, cool.

Flailing and spinning, screaming, not being able to see the final event or whatever-- someone save her already we know it’s gonna happen!

JOHN: Emerge from the juju.

Oh.  Well, that’s uncomfortably in line with earlier presumably-discredited theories.  About John saving Vriska from the black hole the Green Sun left in its wake and all.  :|

Yawns too wide and snaps in half?  The moment he was dreaming about?

==>

Oh hai Jake.  This really IS the perfect time to get to see some attempted-exploitative discomfort between Jane and you.  I mean that!  The narrative timing is pretty hilarious.

The sunset has turned the head offices of Crockercorp into a shimmering glass monolith—a beacon, if you will, of the future, visible for miles in every direction.

Jane probably likes to think about it that way at least.

Wow, Jane REALLY sounds like she needs to be knocked down a peg or seven.

The whole place is candlelit, and Jane is reclining on her desk, sprawled out like a lounge singer on a grand piano.

OH MY FUCKING GOD JANE STOP BEING A SLIMEBAG!!!! D: D: D:

Thank you, Jake, for coming through and tanking this.

This is not really the kind of conversation you initiate if you’re looking to extract a sexual deal out of someone. It is, however, the kind of conversation that you might have with a childhood friend who has become somewhat emotionally estranged from you.

THANK FUCKING GOD.  Jane has been saved from herself for the moment.

Okay I see a whole bunch of paragraphs of black text down below just as these two are likely coming together for a kiss.  Uh oh.

...Yep, kiss there.  And, uh...

Okay whew, most of it is Jake privately soliloquy-ing to the narrative about the circumstances leading up to this. I can deal with that.

...Oh my god he keeps thinking of Dirk while getting in close to Jane.  This is gonna blow up in his face isn’t it.

Reading on....

--Ah, yeah, he just realizes he’s more into Dirk I guess.  Ouch.  Ouch, Jane.

DIRK: Were you nice to him? JANE: Well, I... DIRK: I told you, you can’t be nice to Jake. JANE: ...

PPFffffffffff

DIRK: Why don’t you leave Jake to me?

Now ain’t that telling?

Ooh, getting down to plot business with Rose.

==>

Back to John.  I see a bit that says “Listen” there, is he going to hear Vriska screaming? Or is Terezi going to pick her up? Since, like, I mean she has the jetpack and has been searching for her longer and stuff.

Yep, big ol’ LE tantrum.  Though alt!Calliope seems at least as much at fault for the end of the universe as him, if not moreso.

Ah, right, Andrew wanted us to THINK he’d hear Vriska screaming just so he could troll us like that.  Makes more sense, anyway.

Huh, the Juju just pops away.

OW.  Down a spare Rose, just like that, huh?  Probably part of why main Rose knew what the plan was supposed to be for all this.

Ah right, can’t use your Green Sun powers here, Jade.

OW.  Another quasi-doomed side-character death.

Yep, you have to make a tough, leaderly decision and let go.  :C  --Oh crap, you saved her body.  Are you gonna put the ring there or what, I’m not sure where that’s going plotways.

Pff, the whole fight going south just due to John losing his glasses... that’s pretty funny from a perspective.

Oh huh, real ghost Tavros gets nuked.

Oh shit, Meenah’s going in!  Don’t die, I actually care about this version of you!!

--Ah, thrown out and fate unclear, that’s a bit better than clear death.

Hm, Davepeta vs English round two?  I wonder what the purpose of all of this really is, anyway, beyond just a sense that some only implied-wrapped-up things are being actually wrapped up?  This whole Meat arc?  Is Candy going to be ultimately more important to everyone, as was part of the point, or?  Huhhm.

Final Round!!

Hammer buffet!

Slight obligatory feelings allusion via hammer!

Oh no! VORE!!! D:

DAVEPETASPRITE^2: B33 < wrow you almost got vored to death

Phew, avoided

Ow, another decapitation.  There’s a killing blow and being trapped forever in a black hole for LE to look forward to, though.  Weren’t there theories about him being trapped forever at the center of that black hole or whatever?  Huh.  I mean there WAS the garbage disposal that his metaphorical Jigsaw-head gets stuck in early in the comic after all.

Alright, Davepeta sticks him in there?  Cool.

Yeah, you just had to remind us that he’s going to be plunging into his dead sister’s gaping hole, didn’t you? >:|

Davepeta. How they were so unfettered and brave. How they sacrificed themselves by flying right into the black hole like...

Like a fucking piece of garbage, you can almost hear Dave saying. May God rest his soul.

Yup.  Closing another callback.  Why is it silent, though?  Did the black hole stop sucking now that it’s gotten almost everything but John, or is it just his blackout?  I mean, is the end of everything just a thing that “happens” (which is still pretty fine, Paradox Space had a pretty good run), or did it just stop, or is it yet to be resolved or re-John-creates-Paradox-Space’s-beginning-because-hes-the-only-thing-left-constituted if he inexplicably doesn’t die from his heroic wounds or?  And Terezi definitely didn’t go flying around Paradox Space’s dying remains just to get sucked in too, right?  I definitely haven’t seen the whole picture yet I guess.

==>

Alright, back to Rose... actually this post’s getting long so I’ll cut here and keep going in another post.

[halfbakedavataar]

🌻a lil korrasami fanfic🌻

@threehoursfromtroy hello there, dear! i may not know you well enough, but you surely seem like a splendid, kind soul. i’ve noticed how hard you work to spread the positivity around and make sure everyone feels appreciated and included! that’s incredibly sweet of you. i haven’t read your works yet, but i’m sure they’ll be as wonderful as you are. i will definitely scroll through them as soon as i can! until then, have fun with reading this little gift-which-has-the-potential-to-be-a-lengthy-fanfic-if-i-dont-procrastinate thingy! i hope you feel way better soon! uvu 🌻

i was given the chance to give you this lil token of appreciation because of @thewillowtree3, so give her some love! c:

as for you, enjoy! i’d love to hear what you think, of course. you’ll find a link to the AO3 version below, as well as a little excerpt! 🌻

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14918402

the fan fiction’s name is “ocean eyes,” in case the link doesn’t work for you!

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"Dear Korra,"

Hesitant, idle taps resonated within the secluded walls of the CEO's office once the words were inked, of her pen against the surface of a duskily fancy, colossal, wooden desk. She must've contemplated writing this letter for what seemed to be the twentieth time in a row during this weekend alone, at the very least; Asami Sato has long lost count.

The woman's brows were furrowed in a manner which could only indicate the extents of frustration brewing in her chest when a sharp sigh was blown through signature, burgundy lips; the sole noise to rival the steady hum of the air conditioner far atop her head. It wasn't long before the pen was slammed with little patience away from the vacant set of papers she so craved to fill up with all her worries — the ones she'd buried there for the unbearable entirety of eight months.

Asami shifted in her chair, an air of discomfort looming over her mind as she debated whether to drop the attempts altogether.

‘If Korra wanted to respond whatsoever, she would've done so ages ago.’ Thoughts echoed and chimed within the capacity of her preoccupied mind, as a pallid hand reeked through flowing, inky tendrils of hair.

The last letter she'd sent was nearly the thirteenth, after all — and every single one went unanswered. The rest of Team Avatar haven't heard from neither Korra nor her parents either; not even a single response was received throughout the span of such a long while.

An audible exhale left her nose as a set of crimson-nailed fingertips reached out, seizing the deserted pen once more.

"Dear Korra,

How've you been? I hope all is well."

"..Damn it."

Hisses thoughtlessly flitted her lips. None of the words felt right. She'd written the exact same ones in initiation over, and over, and over. They were sent to the Avatar thirteen times, to no avail; they weren't heartfelt, and did not nearly express a speck of the unsettlement overwhelming Asami's chest. At this point, Asami was starting to believe all could simply not be well. Moments passed before the sound of crumpled paper scrunched through the extravagant office, leaving a fresh, clean one in its wake once it was tossed to the carpeted floor.

[this-sapphic-paradise]

asianregret replied to your post

“Can I be awful and say 2 - 100 :D”

Well do it when you're not mobile :)

{{Okay, I’m home, now I can do it. I’ll put it under the cut so it won’t take over anyone’s dash XD

2)Have you ever had a crush on a teacher? Nope. 3) What was your last text message? That I sent? “How’s work going?” to @danversxsisters  4) What do you see yourself doing in 10 years? I have no idea.  5) If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be? At my own house with my girlfriend. 6) What was your coolest Halloween costume? Um, I’ve only dressed up once, and it was a “modern” version of Glinda x.x 7) What was your favorite 90s show? Buffy, the vampire slayer. 8) Who was your last kiss? My gf XD

9) Have you ever been stood up? Nope. 10) Favorite ice cream flavor? Lemon pie. 11) Have you been to Las Vegas? Nope. 12) Your favorite pair of shoes? ((Already answered)) 13) Honestly, have you ever cheated on your significant other? Nope, and I will never do it. 14) What is your favorite fruit? Bananas. 15) Have you talked to anyone on tumblr that you could see yourself dating/having sex with? If possible? MY GIRLFRIEND! I met her on here! 16) Are you into hookups? Short or long term relationships? Not really, but I don’t see any problems with it. And long term relationships. 17) Do you smoke? If so, what? Nope. 18) What do you do to get over your anger? Lmao, Idk!  19) Do you believe in God? Not really. 20) Does the person you're in love with know it? After almost three years together, I would hope so XD 21) Favorite position? ...I’ll leave that unanswered... 22) What's your horoscope sign? cancer. 23) Your fears? ...I have an unreasonable fear of falling down the stairs... 24) How many pets do you have? What kind? None. 25) What never fails to turn you on? Someone asking to be dominated :x 26) Your idea of a perfect first date? A date that is relaxing. 27) What is something most people don't know about you? ((already answered)) 28) What makes you feel the happiest? ((already answered)) 29) What store do you shop at most often? H&M, Barnes & Noble, and A.C. Moore. Also does Amazon count? 30) How do you feel about oral? Giving and/or receiving? ((already answered)) 31) Do you believe in karma? YES! 32) Are you single? Nope. 33) Do you think flowers or candy are a better way to apologize? ACTIONS are the best way to apologize >.> Srsly tho, miss me with that flower and candy stuff, Idc about that. Prove to me that you’re sorry by never doing the thing again~ 34) Are you a good swimmer? ((already answered)) 35) Coffee or Tea? Coffee. 36) Online shopping or shopping in person? Both, it just depends on what we’re talking about. 37) Would you rather be older or younger than your current age? Meh, I’m good being 25. 38) Cats or Dogs? both! 39) Are you a competitive person? lmao, yes. 40) Do you believe in aliens? yes. 41) Do you like dancing? yes! 42) What kind of music to you listen to? A little bit of everything except country music >.> 43) What is your favorite cartoon character? Oh god... Aang (the last airbender) 44) Where are you from? Brazil. 45) Eat at home or eat out? Eat out :x 46) How much more social are you when you're drunk? Lmao!!! Catch me flirting with everyone.... >.> 47) What was the last thing you bought for yourself? A fancy pencil case that is being delivered tomorrow x.x 48) Why do you think your followers follow you? Because of all the supercorp -heart eyes- 49) How many hours do you sleep at night? On a good night, 8 hours; on a bad night, 4... 50) What worries you most about the future? HAHAHAHAHA EVERYTHING!!! 51) If you had a friend that spoke to you the same way you speak to yourself, how long would you be friends? ...who would have friends though?? we’re all bad to ourselves. 52) Are you happy with yourself? Like, on some level, yes! But depression is a bitch, man... 53) What do you wish you didn't know? -snickers- TOO MANY THINGS!!! 54) What big lesson could people learn from your life? That even when you’ve lost the most precious things in your life, life doesn’t stop for you so you gotta keep moving, even when you don’t want to. 55) If you could live in any home on a television series, what would it be? Hmm...I don’t know, I’ll have to give this more thought.... 56) What's your favorite Website? THE BLUE HELL!!! (aka tumblr XD ) 57) What's the habit you're proudest of breaking? pffff, did I ever break any habits? 58) What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles? New York~ 59) What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store? I’ve never been to either. 60) What do you order when you eat Chinese food? yakisoba... but idk if chinese restaurants serve it here in the US 61) If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be? York 62) If you had to teach a subject to a class, what would it be? I am an English teacher, but if I had to pick another subject, it would be history. 63) Favorite kind of chips? dont know 64) Favorite kind of sandwich? BLT, I guess 65) Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus? dictionary 66) Have you ever been stung by a bee? nope 67) What's your favorite form of exercise? My favorite are martial arts and dancing, but I can’t afford either right now, and I’m actually pretty happy going to the gym. 68) Are you afraid of heights? not really. 69) What's the most memorable class you've ever taken? British Literature in college, the professor was amazing. 70) What's your favorite breakfast? Waffles, and bacon x.x 71) Do you like guacamole? I don’t think I’ve ever tried it. 72) Have you ever been in a physical fight? nope 73) What/who are you thinking about right now? Lena Luthor XD 74) Do you like cuddling? yes. 75) Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? MY ENTIRE PAST! 76) Have you ever experienced one of your biggest fears? Yes. 77) Favorite city you've been to? NYC 78) Would you break the law to save a family member? yes. 79) Talk about an embarrassing moment? I’m too lazy right now XD 80) Are there any causes you strongly believe in? yeah, feminism. GET ON BOARD PEOPLE!!! 81) What's the worst injury you've ever had? Hmm...I’ve never really gotten anything too serious... I guess the worst was a sprained finger 82) Favorite day of the week? friday evening and saturday. 83) Do you consider yourself sexually open minded? lmao, yes. 84) How do you feel about porn? there needs to be more porn made FOR women... 85) Which living celebrity would you like to know? SO MANY!!! Katie McGrath, Dianna Agron, Katheryn Winnick...the list goes on and on. 86) Who was your hottest ex? -snickers- the one who isn’t actually an ex because we never actually dated. She’s one of my best friends. 87) Do you want/have kids? I wouldn’t mind not having kids, but now that I’m dating and my gf super wants kids, I really like the idea too. 88) Has anyone ever told you that they wanted to marry you? Yes x.x 89) Do you get easily distracted? lmao, way too easily. 90) Ass or titties? ((already answered)) 91) What is your favorite word? I don’t have one. 92) How do you feel about tattoos? I want more!!!!! 93) Do you have any pets? nope. 94) How tall are you? 5′6/1m68cm 95) How old are you? 25, turning 26 in june 96) 3 physical features you get complimented on a lot? 3??? Oh god... My eyes, my lips, and idk a third one... 97) Is there anything you're really passionate about? TOO MANY THINGS!!! feminism and art being the biggest ones. 98) Do you have trust issues? Don’t we all? 99) Do you believe in love at first sight? Yes. 100) What are some words that you live by? Why? Be nice to yourself, because the world is already mean enough.

[ntrending]

NASA caught a sudden whiff of methane on Mars, but don’t hold your breath for space cows

New Post has been published on https://nexcraft.co/nasa-caught-a-sudden-whiff-of-methane-on-mars-but-dont-hold-your-breath-for-space-cows/

NASA caught a sudden whiff of methane on Mars, but don’t hold your breath for space cows

Curious and curiouser. (NASA/)

Methane is back in the news, but this time not in the dreadful harbinger-of-climate-doom kind of way. The New York Times reported over the weekend that NASA’s Curiosity rover had stumbled upon surprisingly high methane levels in the Martian atmosphere near the Gale Crater—at least three times higher than Curiosity measured in 2013. The announcement, confirmed by NASA, once again stokes hopes that we’ve picked up signs of extraterrestrial life on the red planet.

“It’s always interesting to see new data like this come in, because it gives us something more to think about and assess and analyze,” says Dorothy Oehler, a Houston-based planetary geologist and senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether there’s something we can glean from this peak that explains the origins of Martian methane better than previous investigations. “It’s obviously a pulse of energy and interest. And we’re working to see how real this is.”

But that’s just it—the question of how real this methane spike is, and what it means for the search for life on Mars, is unanswered and complex. More likely than not, this latest observation will only inch us closer to answers, instead of handing them over outright.

Finding methane on another world is a big deal because it’s a gas some microbes on Earth produce. These organisms, methanogens, survive in conditions with very low or no available oxygen, and release methane as a waste product. They’re often found in wetlands, rocks residing deep underground, and even in the digestive tracts of some mammals. Yup, they’re why cow farts and burps are ruining the world.

Bovine flatulence notwithstanding, it’s not hard to see how something like these organisms might have evolved when Mars was warmer and wetter—and how they might even have found a way to survive underground as the red planet became a cold wasteland. Methane breaks down in just a few hundred years once it’s exposed to the atmosphere, so gas at levels detected on Mars must have been released recently.

We’ve detected these spikes before, but those repeated measurements haven’t produced much clarity. The Curiosity rover possesses an incredible onboard suite of scientific instruments, but it’s not optimized to measure these gases or run the sort of assays that could give us a hint of their origin. Oehler previously worked on an independent confirmation of Curiosity’s 2013 methane detection, made possible through observations from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter. It was encouraging evidence that these peaks were real.

And yet the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter—explicitly designed to look more sensitively for levels of methane in the Martian atmosphere down to parts per trillion—found nothing in its first batch of results. We’re certainly finding methane on Mars, but we’re not really any closer to understanding what that means.

The transient nature of these spikes only exacerbates the confusion. NASA confirmed Monday that Curiosity’s read on the methane spike, which peaked at 21 parts per billion, had dwindled back down to background levels below 1 part per billion. “That’s been our experience with methane peaks on Mars,” she says. “They don’t last very long,” vanishing after just one or two Martian days. And even 21 parts per billion is still two orders of magnitude lower than what we see here on Earth.

Perhaps none of Mars’s methane is actually fresh. Methane can get trapped in permafrost and ice on Earth, and Mars has plenty of ice old enough to contain methane produced billions of years ago. “All you have to do,” says Oehler, “is stress the planet or change local conditions in some way that could destabilize the ice” and release the gas out to the surface. These rumbles could be caused by seismic activity, latent volcanic activity, meteor impacts—anything that can open up faults and breach the permafrost seal. Håkan Svedhem, project scientist for the TGO mission at ESA, also adds that shifts in temperatures triggered by seasonal or diurnal effects could open up a path for discrete concentrations of gas to move to the surface.

And although methane is a strong sign of biological activity, it’s far from a definite indicator of past or present alien life. Oehler thinks it’s likely at least some of the gas came from geophysical processes. The most common abiotic generators of methane on Earth are Fischer–Tropsch reactions, where an oxidized form of carbon combines with hydrogen to produce methane and water. These are typically high-temperature reactions, but there are some versions of the phenomenon that can occur in Mars-like climates.

A second source of abiotic methane is thermogenesis—the heating up of organic matter—catalyzed by beryllium. “That happens on Earth all the time. In fact, that’s how we get oil and gas from organic matter,” says Oehler. Meteorites could have delivered that organic matter to Mars. Impact heating could have broken it down into methane, and freezing conditions could have siphoned it into ice trappings underground.

The first major step is to figure out where the methane is coming from. It’s likely a subsurface source, but even that’s unconfirmed. Svedham points out that both TGO and Mars Express happened to collect observations remarkably close to the Gale Crater at the same time as Curiosity. That triumvirate of data, in conjunction with measurements in temperature and atmospheric winds, could give us a narrow target to explore.

This Martian methane mystery probably won’t be solved without some ground-based investigations on the surface and subsurface. “We have to consider the possibility that there are some processes on the planet that are poorly understood—some methods or mechanisms of rapid destruction or sequestering of methane that’s not measured in the atmosphere,” says Oehler. Our best bet for that sort of study is the Mars2020 rover, which will be able to drill two meters into the ground. It doesn’t sound like a major feat, but it might be just enough to shine some light on what—or who—is passing all this gas.

Written By Neel V. Patel

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[deraywrites]

#SpiritualReadingOfTheWeek of #August9 to #August16 1st Card: #FourOfPentaclesReversed 2nd Card: #EightofCups Overall Message: "Change Is Necessary, Let It Happen" This 8 of Cups appeared in last week's reading as well. That week's message was "Embrace The New You". I'm also being led to also mention the reading from the week of July 19's message of "A Change Is Gonna Come". This week's reading is further emphasizing this period of #Change #Transformation #Maturity #Growth etc. Some of us have been forced to change. Some of us, for one reason or another, have been resisting this new shift in energy. Some of us are holding onto things, subconsciously blocking the very blessings we been praying and asking for. For some of us, we may feel challenged to "let go and let God". Some of us may want to get revenge against those who done us wrong, holding grudges and anger. The cards are asking us to trust in #DivineJustice #Karma working behind the scenes in your favor, although things may seem like nothing's happening or our prays are going unanswered. Reversed 4 of Pentacles tells us to release fear-based decision making, fears of failure, and/or anything that's been holding you back from being 100% fulfilled with your life. Also, I'm hearing some of us need to "count our blessings". Life is not as difficult as we think it is. I'm also getting "be mindful of your energy and what energizes/de-energizes you". Remember to keep yourself in alignment and balanced with your #HigherPurpose #SelfCare and allow yourself to become a more content, fulfilled version of yourself. Collectively, I implore everyone to be mindful of the energies they are absorbing and exposing themselves to. Dont allow events like #Charlottesville #NorthKorea #Trumpocalypse to make you fearful, anxious, paralyzed, hateful, etc. Dont allow the evil of this world stop you from being a good person. We are in a time period of shifting and awakening in which the #PowerToTheAllThePeople philosophies are ideal and the more people are empowered and united to make the world a better, peaceful place, the better for us all. #foodforthought #psychic #tarot #intuition #astrology #spiritualreadings #empath

[sounds-offire]

Good Bookings, Missed Opportunities, Possible Future Endeavors and Great Non-Scripts : Professional Sports

Soooooo we are here on the back of a historical Superbowl in which The New England Patriots have won their 5th championship since 2002 and Tom Brady has the most rings of any quarterback in history. Along the way, the Atlanta Falcons were dominant for 3 quarters going up by 25 points only to lose as Brady and Co. scored 31 unanswered points to win in the very first overtime in Superbowl history. 

History making game? Absolutely. 

Rigged? Scripted? Planned? Booked?.... perhaps.... 

Many circumstances appear to be booked in the world of sports ( of which we will discuss today ) and other situations just feel.... I dunno... normal. Unfortunately, those are the games that get forgotten. Obviously most of these are championship moments but then there are also moments that are great and likely arent scripted. Now , ultimately who’s to say? Maybe life really does work itself out in ways that are absolutely amazing feel good, historical moments... but then there are other times where its like.... cmon’ man! This list will compile various circumstances in which if scripting in sports happens at all the example will be consider likely to heavily scripted, a great non script, or a missed booking opportunity to make a great script. 

1. 2011 NBA Finals ( Dallas Mavericks Def. Miami Heat ) :  Likely Scripted

The 2011 season was the year that Lebron James went into infamy. After nearly 7 years being considered one of the greatest NBA players of his time, and still never receiving championship gold, King James took his talents from his home at Cleveland to create a supposed Basketball superpower with the Miami Heat in 2011. Upon doing so, America collectively lost its minds and ostracized him for basically doing everything he could to get a ring, save for just staying with Cleveland and slugging it out with them until the age of Ohio 2015/2016.

( OH Dont worry...we’re getting to that !! ) 

That would’ve taken him 10 years, but apparently L-Jeezey wasn’t trying to wait that long. Enter the ardor of America and the largest 3 point shooter in the world, Dirk Nowitski. Ironic that the nations savior from the supposedly elitist Lebron James , was a man from Germany. And as punishment for drawing heat onto the heat, ( see what I did there ) losing in game 6 though being heavily favored. The fact that Lebron was the main character of the league that year, but was a decided heel or badguy, the end of the season shouldn’t end with him winning the championship until America could get their collective minds around getting together to support their “ King.” 

2. Cubs vs Indians - World Series 2016 - Non-scripted Greatness

The Age of Ohio would end on a somewhat sour note, with the Chicago Cubs finally ending their 108 year championship drought, defeating the Indians away at Progressive Stadium. The story would end sweetly for the away team, but don’t forget that the Indians became the most loveable losers of the year just making the World Series and taking it to a game 7 , after the Cleveland Cavs won the NBA championship and the Ohio State Buckeyes won the CFP National Title the year prior. I would’ve called scripted had the Indians Won, but in this case, since the Brown and Blue Jackets didn’t join them in playoff contention, I’ll leave the scripting to Lebron and them....Speaking of which.

3. 2016 Cleveland Cavs vs Golden State Warriors NBA Finals - Likely Scripted

Just look at this face...

I just can’t take it. One year prior, and one Kyree Irvin short, Steph Curry made convincing work of the Cavs in the NBA finals 2015 to become World Champions. One year later, and the Cavs appear primed to take same L against an even better Golden State Team and even better shooting Steph Curry, only to come back from a 3-1 deficit - the first ever in NBA Finals History ( Obviously ) to win the Title 4-3 in game 7. He left to get a ring in Miami and looked like this...

Thats was his FIRST... in 2016 it was his 3rd. Cleveland didn’t mean nearly so much in 2012 and 2013 huh? I call scripting....and bad cry acting...

4. Brett Farve does it for his dad - 2003 - Non Scripted Greatness

As far as scripting goes, I don’t think its in good taste to really do this.... its also the 2003 Oakland Raiders. No offense, but they weren’t great back then...

So one day after his father’s death via stroke or possible heart attack, Brett Farve makes the gutsy decision to lead his 9-5 playoff hunting Packers into Raider nation and puts on a clinic. 4 Touchdown passes for 399 yards later, and Mr. Cheese himself became his own version of a game of EA Sport’s Madden NFL. But he didn’t do it alone. 

“I talked to the receivers before the game and told them ‘Anything he throws, we catch,” said Packers wideout Donald Driver. “I don’t care what it is — behind us, over our head, if we have to get on a ladder or jump on a guy’s shoulder, we’re going to catch the ball.”

With determination and support like that under these circumstances, a legend like Brett Farve couldn’t really lose.

5. New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears 2007 NFC Championship- Missed Booking Opportunity 

So in favor of Tony Dungy vs Lovey Smith in the Superbowl ( which doesn’t bother me mind you...) The New Orleans Saints would get an Espy award for one of the Greatest Moments in Sports as they defeat the then undefeated Atlanta Falcons in the Superdome for the first time since the devestating Hurricane Katrina. They would then go on to lose the NFC championship game against the Chicago Bears, destroying the possibility to call for a good story for Burbon St. How awesome would it have been for the city that dealt with one of the worst natural disasters this country would collectively face in years, to come back and become World Champions the very next season when the Superdome would be reopened. 

6. Possible Future Endeavors

Looking for a good story? Here are some possibilities for the upcoming sports season:

-Draft Deshawn Watson to the Cleveland Browns , they make it to the Playoffs but lose to the Dallas Cowboy who go on to their first Superbowl since the 90s.

- Rematch for the World Series where the Indians win in game 5

- Oklahoma City Thunder Defeats the Golden State Warriors to go to the Finals where they defeat a shocking Miami Heat resurgence.